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The Florida A&M University Board of Trustees has voted to extend President Larry Robinson's contract to December 2022, the university announced Thursday night.
David Lawrence Jr. reappointed to FAMU Board of Trustees
Gov. Ron DeSantis last week announced the appointment of David Lawrence Jr. to the Florida A&M University Board of Trustees.
Lawrence Jr., of Coral Gables, is Chair of The Children’s Movement of Florida.
Previously, he was publisher of The Miami Herald, publisher and executive director of the Detroit Free Press and editor of the Charlotte Observer.
Lawrence Jr., who has served on the FAMU Board of Trustees since 2015, is Director Emeritus on The Everglades Foundation Board of Directors and is a former Chairman of both the Children’s Trust of Miami-Dade County and the Early Learning Coalition of Miami-Dade/Monroe.
FAMU president Larry Robinson s contract extended through end of this year
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The State University System s Board of Governors moved swiftly Wednesday in approving the reappointment of Larry Robinson as president of Florida A&M University.
In doing so, the board approved a one-year-extension of Robinson’s contract through Dec. 30, 2021. It follows a vote of FAMU’s Board of Trustees in early December.
Robinson s leadership was noted as the university achieved its highest placement in performance funding scores and saw new construction on campus.
He also was credited for the university’s response to the coronavirus pandemic and for FAMU being the top-ranked public historically black university in the country by U.S. News and World Report.